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• In Germany’s Shadow

  

  THE timing was certainly awkward. Talks between Greece and the euro zone were on a knife-edge. Beset by rumours that Greece was running out of money, Alexis... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Netherlands Causes Greece to Miss out on €1.7m in Tax, Says Report

  The Netherlands’ tax regime is enabling a Canadian gold mining company to pay less tax in Greece, according to a report by a Dutch foundation. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ménage à Trois

  

  SOMETIMES small elections are markers of major political change. France’s latest vote, a two-round ballot on March 22nd and 29th to elect deputies to the 98... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Clean Hands, Fewer Friends

  RUNNING a human-rights-oriented foreign policy is a challenge, even for the Swedes. In October Sweden became the first Western government to recognise the... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• President v Oligarch

  

  FOR the past year, Ukraine’s government has enlisted the help of the country’s powerful oligarchs in fighting its war against pro-Russian separatists. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Aux Armes, Journalistes!

  

  WHEN Russia was preparing to annex Crimea a year ago its television broadcasts, portraying the protesters who had recently overthrown Ukraine’s regime as a... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Time to Give Thanks

  

  He’s the one I like FOR the head of the hoteliers’ association in Rome, the announcement was “manna from heaven”. On March 13th Pope Francis declared an... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Quitting Dreams, Chasing Dreams

  

  ONLY a few years ago, politicians in the European Union, and in the poor and war-ravaged countries in the continent’s south-east, felt that between them they... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• New pro-Russia Party Emerges in Poland

  A new pro-Russia party has emerged on the Polish scene, hoping, but not expected to, get 12 percent in the next election. News from Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Eyes on the Prize

  

  ALL over Europe, anti-establishment groups have surged in the polls by proposing alternatives to austerity. Meanwhile, ruling parties are closing ranks to defen... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mexico-EU Data Dispute Puts Airlines at Risk of Sanctions

  The EU has less than two weeks to sort a three-year old data dispute with Mexico or European air carriers risk $ 30,000 fines for every flight to the country. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Jacques is Back

  

  A leap back to the future HE IS 82 years old, and his presidency is hardly a glorious memory. It was on his watch that France’s competitive position sharply... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Operation Detox

  

  “I SAW her!” squeals a teenaged girl. “I got a photo!” shrieks her friend. As Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), steps from her dark-windowed... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• When Relief Looks Barely Enough

  THERE was relief in Ukraine’s corridors of power on March 11th when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved its long-awaited bail-out for Ukraine. The... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ministers Insert ‘review’ Clause into EU Data Bill

  Justice ministers in Brussels on Friday backed the one-stop shop principle in the EU data bill, but said they want to review it in the future. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ageing but Supple

  

  THE little town of Schladen-Werla in rural Lower Saxony, right alongside the former barrier between East and West Germany, is in a demographic “devil’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] One Year After Euromaidan: What’s Changed for Gay Rights?

  Respect for minorities is a basic EU value. But one year after the Euromaidan, Ukraine’s government is selling out the LGBT community. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Your Flexible Friend

  

  AMONG the few certainties in this short life are death, taxes, and a wink from the European Union whenever France flouts its fiscal rules. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Scoring the Equaliser

  

  Kicking it NURESA AKA scored her tenth goal of the season on a sunny afternoon last week in Diyarbakir, the unofficial capital of Turkey’s mainly Kurdish... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spain: EU Sanctions on Russia ‘beneficial for No One’

  Spain on Tuesday joined a growing list of EU countries which are publicly critical of Russia sanctions and keen to mend ties. News from Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL